CARR v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.

No. 01-CA-909.

803 So.2d 427 (2001)

Fred CARR, Jr., v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Allee and Allen Farms, Michael Sheppard, and Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Wettermark, Christopher Keith, Burge & Wettermark, Birmingham, AL, and T.C.W. Elis, Fowler, Rodriguez, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for plaintiff-appellant.

Dorothy D. Thomas, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for defendant-appellee, Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Andrew L. Plauché, Jr., Plauché, Maselli, Landry & Parkerson, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for appellants, Michael R. Shepperd, Allee, Allee and Allen Farms, and Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company.

Court composed of Judges SOL GOTHARD, THOMAS F. DALEY and CLARENCE E. McMANUS.


CLARENCE E. McMANUS, Judge.

In this matter, we affirm a summary judgment granted in favor of Defendant-Appellee, the Union Pacific Railroad Company, which dismissed the FELA claim of Plaintiff-Appellant, Fred A. Carr, Jr., and the claim of Third-Party Plaintiff, Allee, Allee & Allen Farms.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

The instant suit was instituted on July 19, 2000, with Carr's Petition naming as Defendants Union Pacific, Michael F. Shepherd, and Allee...

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